"Wheel of Fortune"/"Jeopardy!" 12/4

Home of those Patriots, Jaclyn solves NEW ENGLAND. We start from the right end of the line on the interviews tonight:

Jaclyn Fischer (NY)- A media assistant who also plays softball & golfCale Weissman (Colrain, MA)- A recent Reed College graduate who's interning at the Harvard School of Law & is both a beer & coffee taster (he was a barista for a while)Megan White (Bryan, TX)- A private music lesson teacher who plays the cello; she just got married to financial worker Emery$2K T-U: Rhyme Time

He spins top dollar instantly & calls an R for its $2.5K face value and three Jackpot R's to go to $4K, then he buys two E's & duds out w/ T while on the gift card. Second, Megan LaT. Third, Jaclyn chooses three N's for 27 bills, the I, two $350 W's & six A's, then she takes the trip w/ a $1.5K D set...

On her second spin of the game, Megan says a $550 T, two E's, two S's for an additional 13 Benjamins but then L for loss of turn. Jaclyn secondly picks out an N for 500 clams & the 1/2 CAR next to $900, two O's, the $500 Y at the end for the other 1/2 CAR, a $500 R for the gift tag, a C for just the extra $500, an I & a good consonant guess of B for $400 extra. Here we go...

N O S E

_ O B

S E C _ R I T Y

...she'd better get her NOSE JOB SECURITY in check, because she's bagged another $17,560 in cash & goodies, including her Chevrolet Sonic; also, she's still in control!

SOLE DUD: $300 L (Megan)

Current Scores:Cale: $2K/Megan: $0/Jaclyn: $28,960 in cash & stuff

(Note: Jimmy forgot to plug George Chevrolet the first time that car was won this season.)

Bonus Puzzle Blast from the Past #46 ('98)(Phrase)(she called KPDI):

_ E E _ / I T / _ PA: BEEF IT UP (not solved)

Tom & Brooke from "dancing with the stars: all-stars" gives "Wheel" a shout-out just before the next rd. of play.

Prize Puzzle R: Event

She begins her letter search for this board w/ trip N's for $1.5K but then she goes Bankrupt next to $3.5K. Second for Cale is a dummy of R. Third, Megan cooks up a $400 G at the end of the second word of three, three I's & a FP of an E, but that same Bankrupt gets her too. Resuming her turn, Jaclyn digs up two T's for seven Benjamins, a couple of A's, the same number of C's to add $600, the $350 D to wrap up the second word (DANCING) & after the rest of the vowels are bought...

After starting the wheel spinning, he Bankrupts right out of the gate next to top dollar. Continuing to try to escape gooseegg land, Megan loses another turn w/ a T request. Third, Jaclyn lights a $450 R & makes that a grand w/ a $550 N before the final bell sounds...

_ _ _ _ _ _ N _

_ _ R _ _

...all left consonants are worth $1.5K apiece. Five G's later...

G _ G G L _ N G

G _ R L S

...Jaclyn's one of those GIGGLING GIRLS to the tune of $8.5K more! Megan had $3K left in her podium.

Maxwell House Regular BR #54:Jaclynsees her boyfriend Dave in the audience & then spins the solo star.Category: What Are You Doing?This is also a Megaword:_ _ _ R _ _ _ S _ N _CDPI will guarantee at least an I...I _ P R _ _ I S I N _...but she still doesn't solve IMPROVISING. Could she have been the new top winner this season?...

Jason hits a DD early on at the end of Its Reigning Men w/ $1,800; he leads Jennifer by $400 & Bryan by $1K. Jason makes this a TDD:Hercule Grimaldi, Honore Grimaldi

"What is Italy?"...down to zero he goes; they were in Monaco. He gets $600 back just before break & Bryan's currently tied for first place w/ Jennifer at $1,400 each.LT (all unattempted): $2KScores After the Rd.:Jason: $4,400Jennifer: $3,800Bryan: $4,600Next Revealed Categories:NUCLEAR ENERGYOSCAR-WINNING ACTRESSESSUPREME COURT JUSTICESPHOTOGRAPHERSWORLD AUTHORS"FOUR" LETTER WORDS

Concluding Nuclear Energy, Jason has captured his second DD tonight w/ $7,200 & gambles $5K, so he risks dropping to third place if he misses the following:

The U.S. leads the world in operating nuclear reactors w/ 104, followed by this European country w/ 58.

"What is France?"...oui to jump to a LGT-quality score of $12,200! He has also gotten a DD Sweep; the last of the three appear in the $2K Supreme Court Justices box w/ seven clues remaining after that. Currently, Jason has $14,200 & is $3,200 ahead of Jennifer; Bryan's a distant third w/ $3K. The titleholder plays it safe by risking the face value:

After WWI, this justice headed a delegation of American Zionists to a conference in London.

"Who is (Louis) Brandeis?"...the verdict is that he's right! Time expires before we can get to either the $2K Photographers or World Authors clues (also, the $1,600 World Authors answer went unpicked).